"...Geo. E. Blalock was induced to go down into the haunts of Mexico. After he had looked around quite a good deal he saw great possibilities for the future for energetic, straight forward men. So on returning to old Greer, his own happy hunting ground, what he had seen was laid before a few of Greer's best and sturdiest sons, who having all the confidence in Bro. Blalock's ability and integrity, forthwith formed the colony, which consists of more than 100 of Greer counties best farmers, doctors, lawyers and preachers - no dancing masters, infidels or confidence men being admitted... They will go to Mexico and succeed as they have succeeded here and we hope their sojourn in that tropical clime may be one of happy prosperity, and when they have gotten the cream maybe we can be induced to go down and get a glass of buttermilk."

-Advertisement for Leadbetter & Garnett hardware store published in the Mangum Sun-Monitor February 5, 1903